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Wind degradation on the sandy soils of the Sahel of Mali and Niger and its part in desertification
From South Mauritania to Sudan between the 150 and 600 mm isohyets the sub-Saharan semi-arid lands are covered by a fixed sand sea. Two areas are... -
Distributional shape triangles with some applications in sedimentology
The location-scale invariant parameters χ and ξ of the hyperbolic distribution have a triangular domain of variation which is referred to as the... -
Domes: From Ancient to Islamic
Much more meaning can be derived by considering masonry domes as case studies rather than testaments to architectural history. A bird’s-eye view of... -
Biomass for Fuel and Food
Section I published in Volume 3 of this series dealt with aspects of biomass energy: its often unrecognized importance, particularly for rural... -
Zu den Bedingungen von Demokratie in der Dritten Welt
Die Frage nach den Konstitutionsbedingungen demokratischer politischer Systeme zählt zu den zentralsten Anliegen der Politikwissenschaft. Von... -
Air Power in Colonial Wars
Even before the Second World War ended, the lines were being drawn for a number of less intense conflicts of a kind that were to become all too... -
Studies of the African Iron Age
The contribution the metallurgist can make to African Iron Age studies has been assessed by detailed investigation of the pre-industrial bloomery...
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